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See Macron have now formally gone to court re the breach of contract. The saga with the amateurs in charge continues...

I went to Wimbledon (the tennis tournament) in the summer, and got speaking to an American chap who made hoses of all things (high grade ones for aircraft / spacecraft) and said he literally went to see Wrexham as a possible European base for manufacturing as he had heard of it from the TV show. I think it's been proven many times in the past that the success of a football has a correlation with investment not just due to increased footfall and expenditure but be because the town is recognised and thus seems more attractive. I read something similar about Sunderland and the investment in the town correlating well with the success of the football club.

We can ALL boycott the game on Saturday vs. Watford

Wasnt there a post made by J*b recently that he had been in contact with and indeed had a meeting with a group that were interested in taking over Rovers?

Yep I can certainly see that and in many respects I agree, it is just in reality name calling...but I firmly believe attendance really is just justifying the status quo to those in their ivory towers. This is about a show of force; that fans have had enough. I suppose my overriding feeling is of sadness that some will not make a tiny sacrifice for the greater good.

What's ridiculous is people not willing to make the minute sacrifice of not attending a single game to help prove a point and shine a spotlight a little more on our crazy owners. Imagine being one of those people and the history books... "Fan groups attempted to rally support against the Rao family ownership, by organising a blanket boycot of a single game, yet there remained a number of supporters who were unwilling to do so, instead insisting that they would not be told what to do by anyone" I can tell you now, that anyone attending the game will, by proxy, be supporting the spinned notion by 'the club' that there "remains strong support amongst the fan base for what we are trying to do here"

I'll post this again here as it was in the "protest ideas" thread: Anyone not wanting to participate in a ONE game show of solidarity against the Rao family systematically destroying the club, the fan base, the proud legacy and history of 150 years should now be considered complicit and history will I honestly do not get it at all. Digging in and saying "I won't let anyone tell me what to do" get your head out of the f*cking sand. You're having your pants pulled down by a family who simply don't give two shiny turds about you, the club, the town and our proud history. They're taking you for mugs. Maybe put your pride to one side for ONE...JUST ONE match and see what happens. It will get a lot of coverage from the press if there's barely a sole in attendance and we have already seen over the past year how just a small but of pressure starts to make the weak at the knees. It can work. Look at Sheff Wed. They did it, even THEY are telling us to crack on and persevere and they're in the worst of it right now from a sporting sense. I guarantee somebody will buy us if we are in administration. We are a large club with a fantastic history and lots of potential for increases in revenue in basically all areas. It won't take a lot for big losses to be much smaller losses. We can all think of clubs similar to ours who have been through the mill and come out the other side bigger, better stronger and propelled themselves skywards. Attendances across the country have absolutely rocketed in the last 5 - 10 years yet we are an outlier. It will flip, it will change and people will return. Think of the taking back Ewood campaign and the huge number of STs that were sold...cast your eye a little bit up the road to Horwich and you'll see exactly that. We must keep pushing, we must stick together and people must make choices for the greater good. It can happen and we have to keep believing it will.

That attendance versus Swansea is absolutely embarrassing Will be interesting to see the real figures when the most recent fixtures are available as there will be some well below even that I imagine

Looks like I was initially wrong and their "reported" attendances were actually quite strong but the reality having taken a look at their forum was quite different

Anyone not wanting to participate in a ONE game show of solidarity against the Rao family systematically destroying the club, the fan base, the proud legacy and history of 150 years should now be considered complicit and history will I honestly do not get it at all. Digging in and saying "I won't let anyone tell me what to do" get your head out of the f*cking sand. You're having your pants pulled down by a family who simply don't give two shiny turds about you, the club, the town and our proud history. They're taking you for mugs. Maybe put your pride to one side for ONE...JUST ONE match and see what happens. It will get a lot of coverage from the press if there's barely a sole in attendance and we have already seen over the past year how just a small but of pressure starts to make the weak at the knees. It can work. Look at Sheff Wed. They did it, even THEY are telling us to crack and on persevere and they're in the worst of it right now from a sporting sense. I guarantee somebody will buy us if we are in administration. We are a large club with a fantastic history and lots of potential for increases in revenue in basically all areas. It won't take a lot for big losses to be much smaller losses. We can all think of clubs similar to ours who have been through the mill and come out the other side bigger, better stronger and propelled themselves skywards. Attendances across the country have absolutely rocketed in the last 5 - 10 years yet we are an outlier. It will flip, it will change and people will return. Think of the taking back Ewood campaign and the huge number of STs that were sold...cast your eye a little bit up the road to Horwich and you'll see exactly that. We must keep pushing, we must stick together and people must make choices for the greater good. It can happen and we have to keep believing it will.

Went out on Liverpool a few weeks ago and this was on a random pub wall

More likely Rovers have appointed him as their "press advisor" 😂

The doubling down would almost be unbelievable if we hadn't already had nearly 15 years of utter sh1te already. As it stands now nothing at all surprises me any longer Really hope Andy Bayes can get stuck in here and pick the scab that has seemingly formed over some wound that's been opened

Sadly Den I've seen the same. Absolutely shameful. Honestly cannot believe how brain dead some people genuinely are "brilliant. Shows the club have strong leadership" Beggers belief

Bad move from the club. Can't see many, even the happy clappers, seeing this as a smart or positive move

Hyam always plays much better when he is the less experienced underling. Will make a good partnership. Oh, wait...🫣

TBF I think its fairly common. I believe at some point Johnson had the remit of Loans Manager under his technical stuff

Oh how people scoffed when Rovers were predicted on the BBC sport site of finishing 23rd. If I had any money to spare I would lump on us to go down

Any updates?

Would there be any legs in engaging other supporter bases who are / have gone through similar owner issues? Blackpool, Charlton, Reading, Pompey, Coventry even Liverpool fans to form some form of solidarity statement or actions? Getting a huge supporter base to make a bit of noise such as Liverpool fans would attract a lot of interest I would imagine

What a guy. Absolutely nailed it 👏👏

I listened to only a few minutes of the interview on Rovers TV and turned it off. It made my skin crawl. I'm glad Bayes pushed a little harder on some points. Surely now, if anyone would ever be serious about owning Rovers, this is the moment. They Rao's are under pressure, they're on the back foot and the 3 stooges have basically admitted they would be open to offers. It would be VERY easy to get the fans on board and with their assistance change can happen.

The statement is basically what we all guessed it would be. But, but we have had open dialogue.

Glad my mind was made up before the latest fraud that is these season ticket prices. It's utterly embarrassing that we aimed for only 4,400 adult season tickets last season. A club local to me, Marine, who are in the 6th tier have 1,000. Our club is a fucking mess from top to bottom

Would make a hell of a lot of sense, apart from the fact this has been happening long before the court case was hanging over the Rao's collective heads.